DNS management software is computer software

Computer software

Computer software, or just software, is a collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions for telling a computer what to do and how to do it....

 that controls Domain Name System

Domain name system

The Domain Name System is a hierarchical distributed naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network. It associates various information with domain names assigned to each of the participating entities...

 (DNS) server clusters. Its main purpose is to reduce human error when editing complex and repetitive text-based DNS server configuration files. Such files are often deployed on multiple physical servers.

DNS service providers often deploy a complex mix of different types of DNS servers in their networks. In addition, different zone resource records must be provided to DNS clients based on the clients' IP addresses (usually similar to a geographical location). The only practical way to manage such critical Internet infrastructure

Critical internet infrastructure

Critical Internet infrastructure is a collective term for all hardware and software systems that constitute essential components in the operation of the Internet....

 has been to rely on databases and complex DNS management software to insure homogeneity and avoid single points of deployment errors.

Before the availability of DNS management software, large DNS service providers relied on system administrators and in-house custom collections of Perl

Perl

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 or Shell

Shell (computing)

A shell is a piece of software that provides an interface for users of an operating system which provides access to the services of a kernel. However, the term is also applied very loosely to applications and may include any software that is "built around" a particular component, such as web...

 program scripts that provided some automation for managing large sets of DNS zones across a cluster of servers.

Some DNS software includes these high level management tools. The most widely used DNS software, the Internet Systems Consortium

Internet Systems Consortium

Internet Systems Consortium, Inc., also known as ISC, is a Delaware-registered, 501 public benefit non-profit corporation dedicated to supporting the infrastructure of the universal connected self-organizing Internet by developing and maintaining core production quality software, protocols, and...

 (ISC) BIND

BIND

BIND , or named , is the most widely used DNS software on the Internet.On Unix-like operating systems it is the de facto standard.Originally written by four graduate students at the Computer Systems Research Group at the University of California, Berkeley , the name originates as an acronym from...

 DNS server software does not contain high level (server cluster) management software.

See also

• Comparison of DNS server software
  Comparison of DNS server software
  This article presents a comparison of the features, platform support, and packaging of independent implementations of Domain Name System name server software.- Servers compared :...
  
  
• mysqlBind
  MysqlBind
  mysqlBind/unxsBind is a DNS management software system. It supports ISC BIND DNS and is distributed as open source software under the GNU General Public License.mysqlBind/unxsBind has been in use since the late 1990s...
  
   - GPL licensed, open-source DNS management software.
• Nominum - DNS software company founded by Paul Mockapetris
  Paul Mockapetris
  Dr. Paul V. Mockapetris is the inventor of the Domain Name System.In 1983, he proposed a Domain Name System architecture in RFCs 882 and 883 while at the Information Sciences Institute of the University of Southern California....
  
  
• webmin
  Webmin
  Webmin is a web-based system configuration tool for Unix-like systems, although recent versions can also be installed and run on Windows. With it, it is possible to configure operating system internals, such as users, disk quotas, services or configuration files, as well as modify and control open...
  
   - Unix web application with some DNS configuration support.
• DNSbox - DNS management software from ApplianSys
  ApplianSys
  ApplianSys, founded in 2000, is a privately held venture capital-backed technology company based in London, United Kingdom. It designs, builds and markets Internet server appliances that are deployed in more than 80 countries...
  
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• Secure64
  Secure64 Software
  Secure64 Software Corporation is a software development company headquartered in Greenwood Village, CO, USA, building secure, self-protecting, high performing server applications.- History :Secure64 was founded in 2002 and began full-scale development in 2005...
  
   - DNS management software.
• Internet Protocol Address Management (IP, DNS and DHCP Management systems)

External links

• Nictool Open source DNS management software.
• SolidServer - DNS management software from EfficientIP.
• UltraTools - DNS software suite by NeuStar.
  NeuStar
  Neustar, Inc. is a provider of clearinghouse and directory services to the global communications and Internet industries.-History:Neustar was incorporated in Delaware in 1998. It started as a business unit within Lockheed Martin Corporation...
  
  
• DnsBindEditor - cross-platform DNS editor for ISC BIND.